Point of view
: Who tells the story? - the first person narrator, who is flawed but human…He's reliable, we trust him. His actions definitely support what he tells us about himself; especially the part about being a man who likes to take the "easy" way. What else is gained by telling this story from the Boss's perspective? Why not Bartleby's perspective? Why not one of the other clerks?
The boss tells the story in first person. We also gain knowledge of how he reacts to Bartleby and his actions toward him. Also you learn how he feels about this situation. We as readers get to see the difference in how he treats Turkey, Gingernut, and Nippers and how he treats Bartleby. Bartleby isn’t telling the story because then the story would be bland and nothing would really happen. We know Bartleby’s story anyways all the way at the end of the story. The other clerks aren’t telling the story because it’s the Boss that Bartleby is talking to and not them so they don’t experience what he does.
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